Mesopotamian Clays Reveal A Mysterious Geomagnetic Anomaly!
1,482Mesopotamia, often considered the cradle of civilization, was home to ancient cultures that made extensive use of clay for various purposes. The Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian clays played a crucial role in the development of societies. Take this one: on this tablet is some of the earliest writing from anywhere in the world. The text records beer given to workers as part of their daily rations. It was made around 3,000 BC in what is known today as Southern Iraq. These guys are good. By studying clay, we learn a lot about past civilizations, but a recent cross-disciplinary study combining archaeology with physics and chemistry has shown that these clays might actually be telling us something important about Earth's magnetic field's evolution.
First things first: what is clay? It is a type of naturally occurring sedimentary rock or soil, primarily composed of fine-grained minerals, aluminum silicates, and variable amounts of water. Its unique plasticity makes it easy to mold and shape when wet. This is what ancient civilizations found very convenient as clays could effortlessly be employed to make pottery or bricks. Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, had abundant sources of clay. The deposits were easily accessible and widely distributed, so they made extensive use of them, whether it was to create vessels, containers, or decorative items
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00:00 Intro
00:57 What is clay?
2:45 A recent study suggest..
7:40 Levantine iron age geomagnetic anomaly
9:20 Magnetosphere
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